Alberto Pariani

Alberto Pariani (27 November 1876-1 March 1955) was the Chief of the Army of the Royal Italian Army during the Interwar Years.

Biography
Alberto Pariani was born on 27 November 1876 in Milan, Italy. He commanded the 6th Alpine Regiment during World War I, and from 1927 to 1933 he served as the attaché to Albania on behalf of the Kingdom of Italy. In 1933, Pariani was promoted to the rank of full General, and from 1936 to 1939 he was Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Italian Army, when he retired. Pariani was recalled in 1943 to replace Francesco Jacomoni as General-Governor of Albania, and in September 1943 he was captured by Nazi Germany after Italy signed an armistice with the Allied Powers, and he was again arrested by the Allies after the war. In 1947, he was acquitted of war crimes and died on 1 March 1955.